Lake Bonny

Today I went to Lake Bonny park. I stayed for 45 minutes. While I was there walking on the boardwalk, I took the picture above.

One of the most interesting things that I saw there was a beautiful red-winged blackbird for the first time. Unfortunately, my phone camera is not that great and I was afraid that I would scare it if I got any closer. I found an image of one online, though. :)

Below is the poem I wrote.

Nature and the World

The wind tousles my hair,
Overhead, I hear birds in flight,
Overhead, I hear a Bird in flight.
A Bird that has the swift capability to change the course of the world in an instant.

These birds, some bluish black,
Some red-winged,
Others, white like doves,
Do not have a care

Butterflies hover from blade of grass to delicate flower,
Pollinating with their knees as they kneel to rest,
Yellow wings casting light, airy, shadows.

The bass honking of some unknown creature is heard beneath my steps on the boardwalk,
Suddenly, the ground shakes with the thumping,
Music with words too profane to mention-
Piercing the beauty.
I sigh.

Nature has no care,
Bliss it would be to flutter to and fro,
Instead, we mortals try to stand above and dignify ourselves with
Noise.
Murder.
Busyness.